A Firsthand Account of Finding Nature on a U.S. Military Base
We need to expand our ideas of nature to include the battlefield. A historian explains why we should view soldiers’ daily lives as part of the natural world.
In Annihilation, the Revolution Will Not Be Human
A science fiction novel offers a genre-bending perspective that helps us think about wildness, purity, and invasion in new and strange ways.
Thoreau, Now More than Ever: A Conversation with Laura Dassow Walls and Daegan Miller
Are there better ethics than hope? Two scholars with new books about the author of Walden reflect on Henry David Thoreau’s environmental ethic, flirtations with despair, and anarchist politics.
Olympic Do-Over: How Olympic Redevelopment Erased South Korea’s Past, Twice
Three decades after the 1988 Seoul Olympics, what lessons has the South Korean government learned about redevelopment and the Olympic Games?
The Rise of the Climate Change Novel
What happens when our changing world starts to look more and more unreal? The recent boom in novels that depict climate change pits the real against the magical, surreal, and fantastical.
A Century of Cannabis: A Conversation with Nick Johnson
One historian exposes shadowy corners of cannabis’s history and offers prescriptions for achieving a bright, sustainable future for the world’s widest-ranging crop.
The Violent Environments of the Mexico-U.S. Border
An artist honors the struggles of undocumented immigrants in the Mexico-U.S. borderlands and shows the emotional and environmental toll of immigration policies.
“Working at the Edge” Photo Contest Winners
The winners of Edge Effects’ photo contest capture a variety of dramatic, surprising, and precarious border crossings from around the world.
Faculty Favorites: Books to Add to Your Shelf This Spring
Five professors recommend an eclectic set of environmentally focused books about animals, shopping malls, feral children, and more.
Finding Hope and Community with Honeybees: A Conversation with Heather Swan
The decline of honeybees is cause for alarm and a symptom of global biodiversity loss. Beekeepers, however, find creative ways to build relationships with honeybees and steward their hives.